Hints and tips:
...A handful of partnerships struck in the late-1990s by names such as Bank of America and private equity firm Hicks & Muse were wound down within a few years....
...Greg Hicks makes a dry, slightly dour Eliot, his crisply pressed, neatly tailored grey tweed suit at odds with his mournful demeanour....
...What has been missing from the Benin Bronzes discussion, hindering a true understanding of the complex global situation, is some of that knowledge Hicks refers to....
...The “Plan B” measures for England announced last week are flawed; people are advised to work from home but can go to parties or to the pub without constraints....
...The trust acts as one in company matters, wielding roughly 40 per cent of voting B shares....
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...The retailers B&Q, Tesco and Wilko have all cut some premium payments or other benefits in recent months, while raising base pay....
...“They all thought I was a hick.” But a hick who had taken Blake and Whitman and Yeats to head and heart....
...I like paintings by people such as William Powell Frith and George Elgar Hicks because they’re very English, have lovely craftsmanship, social history, good frocks....
...Is this, I asked Hicks, now the most substantial such sponsorship in the art world?...
...Mr Broughton acknowledged that he had a “plan B” in the event of the court ruling against the board....
...An appeal process would be “very fast” but even if the US owners won in court, the board would revert to a “Plan B”, Mr Broughton said, without going into detail....
...And then Los Angeles, B-rate movies and B-rate men.” “You paid your dues,” I said, thinking of my own sloppy efforts in Tinseltown. “I decided then not to be dependent on anyone else....
...New Look expected to further delay float - UK spread bet groups scout for punters - Deals on the menu for UK restaurant groups - LSE in talks over London clearing house - Hicks...
...UK merchants bucking the trend and either already making special offers of 2009 Germans or expected to do so include Bibendum, Bordeaux Index, Farr Vintners, Fine & Rare, Hicks & Don, J&B, Montrachet, OW...
...John Hick, vice-president, British Holiday and Home Parks Association. John Jameson, former England cricketer. Imtaz Khaliq, designer tailor....
...(An aside: the sunglasses thing was particularly notable because (a) three of anything always makes a trend, and (b) Dior could use a bit of good news....
...Colin Tweedy, chief executive of A&B, says: “More companies than ever before are building an art collection. They’re constantly buying and commissioning....
...He spent nine subsequent years in the B-western wilderness, before John Ford cast him in Stagecoach and made him a legend....
...Weetabix, acquired in 1993 by Hicks Muse, a private equity investor, was an ideal borrower with which to test the market....
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